Publications by authors named "D Alaygut"
Background: The two strongest earthquakes in Turkey for eight decades hit Kahramanmaraş province on February 6, 2023. This study aimed to determine psychiatric complaints, acute stress symptoms, anxiety, depression, and sleep characteristics in children who were treated in a tertiary inpatient pediatric unit after the earthquakes. They were evaluated in the fourth week after the earthquake.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUrinary tract infections (UTIs) are common bacterial infections in children. UTIs may be limited to the bladder or involve the kidneys with possible irreversible damage. Congenital abnormalities of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT) are often associated with UTIs; kidney scars have been considered a consequence of untreated UTIs but may be congenital.
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- Antenatal hydronephrosis involves swelling in a fetus's kidneys, making it crucial to differentiate between serious cases needing long-term care and those needing little intervention.
- The study compared two guidelines for managing antenatal hydronephrosis, focusing on identifying their effectiveness in various factors like detection rates, imaging requirements, and patient outcomes.
- Results showed the newer guideline led to fewer tests, reduced radiation exposure, and less need for surgical interventions compared to the older guideline.
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- HNF1B mutations are a leading genetic cause of congenital kidney and urinary tract abnormalities, prompting a study of 16 pediatric patients to better understand its clinical and genetic features.
- The research found that 81.3% of patients had prenatal kidney abnormalities, with kidney cysts being the most prevalent, and identified missense variants as the most common genetic issues linked to these conditions.
- The study suggests that patients with missense variants are at a greater risk for chronic kidney disease (CKD), while urinary system abnormalities like vesicoureteral reflux are also common in this group.
Objective: We aimed to evaluate the clinical significance of the "unclassified" blood pressure phenotypes on left ventricular hypertrophy in children.
Materials And Methods: All children evaluated with ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in the pediatric nephrology department between October 2018 and January 2021 were included in the study. Prehypertension, normotensive, white coat hypertension, masked hypertension, ambulatory hypertension groups and 2 other groups including increased blood pressure load, normal ambulatory blood pressure measurements, but normal (unclassified group 1) or high (unclassified group 2) office blood pressure measurements were defined according to the American Heart Association 2014 statement.